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Post by darrenvox on Mar 8, 2013 9:41:18 GMT
i was watching a video on youtube of a GABON EXPRESS caravelle that they use for flights between two small cities in GABON. im not sure which version it is, but you can find some images of it here  |
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Mar 8, 2013 10:41:33 GMT
"IF" it's C/N # 251 .... then that's a CARAVELLE 11R .... which can't, yet, be represented for lack of the correct/appropriate model being available.
In terms of the P&W JT8D (series) CARAVELLE versions .... the only aircraft, of this class, that can, at this moment, be painted are the CARAVELLE 10R/10B1 .... which are different from both the 10B and SUPER 12 series aircraft.
Mark C
AKL/NZ
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Post by garryrussell on Mar 8, 2013 12:54:27 GMT
Mark
Seeing this makes me wonder something
Did a Caravelle ever fly in NZ...or Australia for that matter??
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Post by thegetter on Mar 8, 2013 14:37:17 GMT
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Post by garryrussell on Mar 8, 2013 16:14:05 GMT
Cheers
I wonder if it made it to NZ...I doubt if any use were extensive
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Post by thegetter on Mar 8, 2013 17:59:35 GMT
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Mar 8, 2013 18:34:47 GMT
"YES" .... they did  UTA FRENCH AIRLINES used the 10R/10B1 on Pacifici sectors of their world services to AKL (originally seviced by their DC6B's) during the late 1960's .... before replacing them with the DC8's. Then AIR CALEDONIE INTERNATIONAL used both the CARAVELLE 10B3 (F-GEPC) and CARAVELLE 10R/10B1 (F-GFBA) .... both leased from COARSE AIR as I recall .... on their services to both AKL, and SYD, during the late 1980's and early 1990's .... before replacing these with a B737-300. I was fortunate enough to photograph the AIR CALEDONIE CARAVELLE operations at both AKL and SYD during this period. The French Air Force/Armee De L'Air, based in Tahiti, also occasionally visited AKL using CARAVELLE 11R aircraft .... during the 1980's and 1990's. Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by darrenvox on Mar 18, 2013 14:29:35 GMT
Ok nevermind, dontbpaint it.....
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Post by garryrussell on Mar 18, 2013 14:58:36 GMT
BTW Darren...you seem to suggest from the OP that the Caravelle is in use.
None fly and I think this was the last and it crashed in, I think, 2005
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Post by darrenvox on Mar 26, 2013 2:46:21 GMT
Yes but I xaw one fly on a yt vid
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Mar 26, 2013 4:07:05 GMT
YEAH .... but .... even in a case where it might have been uploaded relatively recently .... it could still have originally been shot "ages ago". I've seen footage of AIR NEW ZEALAND DC8's .... and DC10's .... shot during the 1970's .... but only uploaded to YOU TUBE relatively recently also. In any case .... I don't think there's a single CARAVELLE (of any series) left in service anywhere in the world now .... other than the CLUB CARAVELLE aircraft in either Denmark or Finland I think .... and I'm not sure that even this particular aircraft is, airworthy now  The last CARAVELLE's I saw (personally) were 2 converted 10R/10B1 freighters which were operated by LINEAS AEREAS SURAMERICANAS COLOMBIA .... at Bogota during January/February 2001. One was written-off in an accident around the same time (whilst I was there) .... and the other was apparently withdrawn from LAS service not too long afterward .... and then later "broken up". Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by garryrussell on Apr 10, 2013 14:39:17 GMT
There have been no airworthy Caravelles for some years now.
The last airworthy machine was 9Q-CPI and it was parked up in airworthy condition in 2005.
It was planned to fly it to a museum but that never happened and as the type certificate has been withdrawn it most likely never will. I would think it's condition will have deteriorated somewhat.
The Gabon aircraft was the last commercially operated Caravelle up onto it's crash.
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Post by darrenvox on Apr 12, 2013 11:52:17 GMT
I get that gsry, but I was looking for one to be painted...I usually request for some aircraft thst haven seen service in 15 years. So why is this differnt
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Post by thegetter on Apr 12, 2013 12:07:45 GMT
Darren, It is a CARAVELLE 11R variant !!!!!!! As Mark stated,This variant is currently not available in the HJG inventory. If it was painted on another variety it would be considered a FAKE which HJG does not do..... Hope this clarifies this for you? TheGetter!  |
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Post by garryrussell on Apr 12, 2013 15:49:28 GMT
Daren..you said in the OP that they use for flight...in other words current, then said you'd seen YT vids lately meaning you thought it was still in service.
But as stated it is a non supported variant.
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